Ralph Estrada and the War against Racial Prejudice in Arizona

Abstract

The serious, scholarly study of Mexican American history is a relatively recent development.Begun by a handful of researchers in the 1920s, the field grew slowly through the 1950s and expanded rapidly after the 1960s to the present.Through their research, scholars of the Mexican American historical experience have both contributed to our understandings of historical processes and discovered new directions for historical inquiry.Their findings have shed light on the broader sweeps of American history by showing the symbiotic relationship between Mexican Americans and the rest of the country.Mexican Americans were generally ignored, marginalized, and disrespected in the traditional canon of American history until the late twentieth century.But as their numbers grew, so too did the number of scholars interested in studying them.Mexican Americans have now become more firmly entrenched in scholarly discussions about historical issues such as race and ethnicity, gender relationships, class, politics, education, economics, culture, and in an ongoing negotiation of the meaning of American.This book contributes to that growing body of literature by providing students

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